Resources for parents

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Parents, caregivers and communities have a key role in ensuring all students attend school every day.​

The following resources provide advice to help parents and carers with their child’s attendance.

Fact sheets

• Every day counts in Prep
  
• Regular school attendance –​ information for parents and carers
  
• Anxiety about going to school
  
• How can I get my teenager to go to school?​
  
• Preparing your child for high school
  
• Infographic for parents
  

Brochures

Parents and caregivers have a key role in ensuring all students attend school every day.

These brochures will help parents and caregivers understand their responsibilities in relation to school attendance.​

Brochure for parents and caregivers

​Brochure for mums, dads, aunties, uncles, brothers and sisters

Postcards

Postcard - every day counts at school 1 

​Postcard - every day counts at school 2

Videos

Every day counts videos have been produced to highlight the importance of 100% school attendance. Presenting the videos at school events such as parent-teacher interview sessions, parent information nights and parent and citizens meetings will support teachers and principals to reinforce the Every day counts message.

Attendance routines from prep - duration 2:05 minutes - transcript

Attendance: it all adds up - duration 2:25 minutes - transcript

Attending every day - duration 2:05 minutes - transcript

Every day counts - duration 3:13 minutes - transcript

Johnathon Thurston campaign​ - duration 0:30 minutes - transcript​​